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New York politics used to promote misinformation, hard-right war against Muslims
Investigative Update Summer 2025 A War of Ideas: The unrelenting propaganda of the Lost Cause mythology Missouri Minutemen and white nationalist Active Club learning from each other Sovereign citizens put public servants and safety professionals at risk Anti-Muslim and hard-right activists used Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign and subsequent election as mayor of New York City…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Goyim Defense League spreads hate through disruption and harassment
The Goyim Defense League (GDL) spreads virulent antisemitic and racist harassment through stunts that it characterizes as pranks. Nevertheless, its members have sometimes faced civil and criminal charges in the United States and Europe related to their targeting of religious, ethnic and sexual minorities. GDL founder Jon Minadeo II, who also uses the pseudonym “Handsome…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Appeal to Heaven: The flag of Christian supremacy
The Appeal to Heaven flag has a long history in the United States. Commissioned by George Washington, it has flown in front of government buildings. Today it is a major symbol and internet meme among Christian supremacists, as well as opportunists in and out of government. Right-wing politicians took up this symbol after its use…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
November 2025 Intelligence Project Dispatch: Trends and incidents of the hard right
The Southern Poverty Law Center works to dismantle white supremacy in public forums and online, exposes hate and anti-democracy extremism, and counters disinformation and conspiracy theories with research and community resources. The Intelligence Project monitors and exposes white supremacy and its impact on communities. Conspiracy propagandists Anti-LGBTQ+ movement Anti-immigrant/anti-Muslim activity Male supremacy Confederate monuments Militia…
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Sovereign citizens put public servants and safety professionals at risk
Investigative Update Summer 2025 A War of Ideas: The unrelenting propaganda of the Lost Cause mythology GoyimTV relies on other mainstream and extremist sites for hateful content Missouri Minutemen and white nationalist Active Club learning from each other New York politics used to promote misinformation, hard-right war against Muslims The United States has hundreds of…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Harmful ‘trans shooter’ myth widely promoted after Charlie Kirk killing
In the immediate wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing on Sept. 10, right-wing influencers and outlets promoted disinformation about trans people and the alleged perpetrator’s gender identity. As the Southern Poverty Law Center has previously reported, this follows a trend whereby far-right propagandists use high-profile incidents of gun violence to push the myth of a “trans…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Missouri Minutemen and white nationalist Active Club learning from each other
Investigative Update Summer 2025 A War of Ideas: The unrelenting propaganda of the Lost Cause mythology GoyimTV relies on other mainstream and extremist sites for hateful content Sovereign citizens put public servants and safety professionals at risk New York politics used to promote misinformation, hard-right war against Muslims A militia organizing in Missouri as modern-day…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Killing of lawmaker spotlights Christian supremacy, political violence
The murders of a Minnesota legislator and her husband earlier this year highlight a modern hard-right movement rooted in Christian supremacy. In June, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered in their home. State Sen. John Hoffman of Minnesota and his wife were also wounded in an attack at their home. Vance…
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GoyimTV relies on other mainstream and extremist sites for hateful content
Investigative Update Summer 2025 A War of Ideas: The unrelenting propaganda of the Lost Cause mythology Missouri Minutemen and white nationalist Active Club learning from each other Sovereign citizens put public servants and safety professionals at risk New York politics used to promote misinformation, hard-right war against Muslims GoyimTV is one of the most prolific…
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Attack on public education and free speech rights of educators after Kirk killing
The hard right immediately escalated its attacks on universities and educators in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Key leaders blamed “left-wing extremism,” railed against “radical left lunatics” and suggested that universities had fostered a climate hostile to conservative thought. Kirk built his career with the organization he founded, Turning Point USA, attacking what…
